After 10+ years of being an active ‘prosumer’ I can confidently say hosting a podcast has been FAR higher leverage, in terms of making a discernible and positive impact on other humans and their lives, than has posting on social media...
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I can’t tell you the number of times that someone has told me how the podcast I host changed their lives. I can tell you exactly the number of times someone has said that about what I say on Twitter or Facebook: 0 times
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Replying to @VincentHorn
Thanks for sharing this. I am in the middle of finding ways to disseminate my emotional well-being and healing framework. Spent 2 years building an online platform and products and starting to check out twitter to see if it would be useful. Sounds like thumbs down! :(
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Replying to @DougTataryn
I think it might be useful for making connections and working out new ideas in real time. For social change work I think it’s a total & utter failure.
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Replying to @VincentHorn
Nice, so engagement with (usually) a single individual to discuss and nuance an understanding of a concept, that leaves both people with a deeper and fuller understanding, but not something that goes viral and infects large groups of people with insight. Like this conversation?
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I’m not sure if whatever insight is gained here is worth the addictive algorithmic manipulation and the way these platforms open up the possibility of massive social manipulation.
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